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Just a quick basic query: my textbook says you can use either en or el for the masculine personal article. However, other internet sources I've checked only seem to use en ( l' ). Is the usage of el correct? Ghost :? The article is explained at the end of the first page in this thread. Very briefly...

Quick question for Izopiru: Are you done posting on grammar? I've been collecting all your entries in a word document to be made into a PDF for future study, and I was wondering if there's any more coming. Thanks. Well, I thought to post something about syntax (types of sentences, verb complements,...

OK, here we go: Catalan to English. Nou dies de misses precedeixen al conclave M?s de dos-cents mandataris assisteixen avui als funerals, que seran retransmesos en directe, entre fortes mesures de seguretat El Vatic? es convertir? avui en el centre del m?n. M?s de dos-cents mandataris -entre els qua...

A good English-Catalan dictionary on the Net is this. It's used by some ZBBers.

Izo, have you got any good translation exercises for when we get proficient? The only thing I can find (and it is quite good) is the Catalan Wikipedia. If someone tells me (s)he feels prepared to translate texts from Catalan to English or vice versa, I'll be glad to post texts (or sentences if yous...

JohnQPublik wrote:While the Yates book certainly doesn't approach the level of detail and organization of Izopiru's work here on ZBB, it's by far the most useful of the TY books I've seen.

Ei, que em fas posar vermell!!!

If Eretald were Europe... Zésifo = Papal States Barakhún = Castille (XIV cent.) Svetla = Occitania (high Middle Ages), north of Italy (XV cent.) Kebri = Republic of Genoa (XIV cent.), also the Venetian Republic Érenat, Ismahi, Kebri = Crown of Aragon (XIV cent.): Érenat / Princ. of Catalonia; Ismahi...

Tiglatpileser wrote:Ever struggled when it comes to writing Catalan numbers out in full?

It's very easy: we must follow the D-U-C rule!!!

ATTENTIVE OTTER!!!

EL PARTICIPI I EL GERUNDI "THE PARTICIPLE AND THE GERUND" The regular termination of the gerund is -ant, -ent, -int , and the one of the participle is -at, -ada; -ut, -uda; -it, -ida , for conjugations I, II and III respectively. There is, though, an important quantity of irregular participles, wit...

L'IMPERATIU "THE IMPERATIVE" The imperatiu, in regular and many irregular verbs, has coincidental forms with the present d'indicatiu and the present de subjuntiu. Look at the correspondences: Present d'indicatiu: escric, escrius, escriu, escrivim, escriviu, escriuen Imperatiu: escriu, escrigui, esc...

Verbs with diphtong in the root They are verbs of the conjugation II with so many variations that should be considered almost a sole conjugation. Anyway, we can group the next characteristics: 1) Root with diphtong au, eu, iu or ou in the next forms: a) Infinitive: caure, seure, riure, coure... b) ...

Verbs with velarised root Many verbs from conjugations II and III (which don't have the morpheme -o in the 1st sg. p. of the pres. ind.) have a velar sound [k] or [g], written c, g or gu . Examples: entendre "to understand": enten-(d)re --> enten c , enten gu essis ; venir "to come": venir --> vin ...

ELS VERBS IRREGULARS "THE IRREGULAR VERBS" The most part of the verbs that don't follow the conjugation scheme for regular verbs belong to conjugation II, though we find some in conjugations I and III. To stablish classifications for the verbal differences is hard if we don't want to fall in a maze...

The most part of catalan verbs belong to conjugation I, which is always regular; only verbs anar "to go" and estar "to stay" are irregulars. Almost all the new verbs are formed following the model of the 1st conjugation. Some verbs of the 1st conj. change its their last consonant of the root when th...

In Bulgarije! :D I also watch Andalucia, TVE, TeleMadrid Sat and Euskal Telebista which for my utter dissatisfaction is NOT [/i][/u] in Basque but in spanish, what the...?! What channel of Euskal Telebista do you see? The channel 1 (ET1) is in Spanish, the two (ET2) is in Basque (or is ET1 in Basqu...

ELS VERBS REGULARS "THE REGULAR VERBS" The regular verbs have a constant flexion, with no variations, and are conjugated following the conjugation paradigma of the verbs portar (conj. I), perdre and témer (conj. II), dormir (conj. IIIa) and servir (conj. IIIb). Flexions dels verbs regulars "Conjuga...

MORFOLOGIA VERBAL "VERBAL MORPHOLOGY" The verb is a variable word that presents lots of flexionated forms. 1) The formes compostes "composed forms" are obtained combining an auxiliary verb ( haver, hàurer "to have" or ser "to be") and the participle of the conjugated verb. He llegit "I have read" S...

An observation: I'm watching TVCi for the past two weeks and Catalan slightly reminds me of Portuguse (because of the 'hard' L and because they seem to pronounce some consonants with more emphasis like the Ports do) , if spanish people sound as if they're lisping (due to the voinced and unvoiced th...

ELS PRONOMS PERSONALS "THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS" The personal pronouns are classified into forts "strong" (with intensity accent) and febles "weak" (without intensity accent), according to its function in the sentence. Pronoms personals forts singular plural 1st person jo, mi nosaltres 2nd person tu, ...

ELS INTERROGATIUS "THE INTERROGATIVES" The interrogatives are: singular plural masc fem masc fem quin quina quins quines quant quanta quants quantes quin "what, which" quant "how much, how many" Examples: Quantes freses vols? "How many strawberries do you want?" Amb quin vol tornaràs? "With which f...

ELS INDEFINITS "THE INDEFINITES" The indefinite quantifiers are used to refer to a noun in a vague, indefined manner, without specifying data. Some are variable in gender and number; other only are variable in number or gender, and some other are invariable. Només algun diari gosa publicar certes n...

ELS QUANTITATIUS "THE QUANTITATIVES" The quantitative quantifiers indicate the amount of a whole of persons or things, without specifying it numerically. They always precede the determinated substantive. There are variable quantitatives in gender and number; there are variables only in number, and ...

BTW Izo, does Catalan have truly equal status and is as widely spoken as Spanish in Barcelona? Do most of the population speak both? The most part of people (not only in Barna, but also in Catalonia) speak both languages. Barcelona, though, is a big city, and has lots of immigrants, the biggest par...

ELS QUANTIFICADORS "THE QUANTIFIERS" The quantifiers work as especificators of the substantive, and delimite quantitatively the extenson of the name. We group under the denomination of 'quantifiers' the numerals, the quantitatives and the indefinites. ELS NUMERALS "THE NUMERALS" They are used to in...